CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||||
| PREFACE | v | |||
| ABBREVIATIONS | xi | |||
| I. A COMMENTARY ON HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH | 1 | |||
| INTRODUCTION: THE HISTORIC BACKGROUND OF THE PROPHECIES OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH | 3–24 | |||
| § 1. Cyrus | 3–14 | |||
| § 2. Cambyses | 14–17 | |||
| § 3. Darius I, Hystaspes | 17–24 | |||
| HAGGAI AND HIS PROPHECIES | 25–38 | |||
| § 1. Personal History of the Prophet | 25–27 | |||
| § 2. The Book of Haggai | 27–30 | |||
| § 3. The Text of Haggai | 30–35 | |||
| § 4. The Thoughts and Style of Haggai | 36–39 | |||
| COMMENTARY ON THE PROPHECIES OF HAGGAI | 40–79 | |||
| § 1. The Movement to Rebuild the Sanctuary | 40–57 | |||
| § 2. The Resources of the Builders | 58–65 | |||
| § 3. The New Era of the Restored Temple | 66–76 | |||
| § 4. The Future of the Leader Zerubbabel | 76–79 | |||
| ZECHARIAH AND HIS PROPHECIES | 81–106 | |||
| § 1. The Personal History of the Prophet | 81–84 | |||
| § 2. The Structure of Chapters 1–8 | 84 | |||
| § 3. The Text of Chapters 1–8 | 84–97 | |||
| § 4. The Style of Zechariah | 98–102 | |||
| § 5. The Teaching of Zechariah | 102–106 | |||
| COMMENTARY ON THE PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH | 107–217 | |||
| 1. The Introduction | 108–115 | |||
| 2. A Series of Visions with Their Interpretation | 115–194 | |||
| a. The Return from Captivity | 115–147 | |||
| (1) The Hollow of the Myrtles | 115–130 | |||
| (2) The Horns and Their Destroyers | 130–136 | |||
| (3) The Man with the Measuring Line | 136–140 | |||
| (4) An Appeal to the Exiles | 140–147 | |||
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